Windows 8 will be GA on October 26th. The Windows Store is open for business … but I figured that out too Here’s the release dates for the Windows 8 bits:

MSDN: August 15th

TechNet: August 15th

VLSC with Software Assurance: August 16th

The Partner Network: August 16th … when my work PC will be upgraded

Volume License Resellers: September 1st … when we’ll be selling it to businesses

Windows Server 2012 will be “available to our volume licensing customers in the next couple of weeks”. I guess it’s the same time frame as Windows 8.

And yes, this means that Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and Windows 8 Client Hyper-V which are included in those operating systems, has RTMd. Hyper-V Server 2012 has not RTMd. It usually follows a while afterwards. My guess it will RTW on or just after September 4th.

Over 16 million PCs actively participated in these programs, including approximately 7 million on the Release Preview that started 8 weeks ago. The depth and breadth of testing validate the readiness of Windows 8 for the market.

Congratulations to the groups and teams of program managers, designers, developers, testers, and so on. This is a huge release. I’m lucky because as an MVP I get direct interaction with some of the PMs. I saw how rightly proud they were of the work that they’d done in such a short time frame. Enjoy the celebrations and the time off, folks!

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